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Census enumerator in 1880 and 1890, public administrator, justice 

 of the peace, assessor, treasurer, S S. committee of plantation. 

 He was a member of the House of Representatives in 1885, and 

 of the Senate in 1891. He was a brave soldier, a loving husband 

 und father, a noble-hearted friend, and one of the county's best 

 and most highly respected citizens. The deceased leaves a widow 

 and two children, together with other relatives, and an unusually 

 large circle of friends to mourn his loss. With a pure and stain- 

 less character, genial in his ways, he was such a man as Aroostook 

 people delighted to honor, and whooQ the people of the State 

 delighted to meet. 



